padib said:
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No you can't, you pay for it the amount that's asked or you don't get it. Anything other than that is stealing. You can't barter for things without the other person's involvement.
What you're saying is that you've concluded that the bulk of the content you use on the internet should be free and therefore you feel right in using it for free, but that's not how you're supposed to vote with your dollars. The creator decides what they think is a fair price and then you can either have the thing for the price the manufacturer is asking of you or you can choose not to pay that and not have it. Eventually the market will then fluctuate to a point that the bulk of consumers find the price reasonable. Deciding that something should be free and taking that into your own hands is simply stealing.
Those in favor of things like adblock liken it to changing channels from commercials on your TV, but I think it's more accurately compared using a cable splitter on your neighbor's cable.
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I agree with bold.
About underlined. I'm rather saying that I'd prefer to pay via patron or donations than be harassed by ads. Checks my prior posts. That's what I meant by leaving my money on the counter. Sometimes that's stealing, at other times the system is broken (like the j-walking analogy I gave you).
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I would say most people who offer donations in place of ad revenue tend to not do very well. And, depending on the service, giving incentive to donations could cause a power imbalance. The system isn't as much broken as it is the people who use the services. Donations are almost never enough because, given the option, most people don't.
